US2010281788A1PendingUtilityA1

Sheds and Storage Enclosures, Racks, and Cages, for Rental, Retail, Warehouse, and Distribution Systems, Associated Transportation and Franchised Business Systems

Assignee: THOMAS MICHAEL ROBERTPriority: Nov 12, 2008Filed: Nov 12, 2009Published: Nov 11, 2010
Est. expiryNov 12, 2028(~2.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
E04B 1/34321E04H 14/00
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Abstract

Franchisable sales, rentals, depositing, and transportation business system contains GPS indoor/outdoor paletted and un-paletted storage containers in various sizes constructed of plastics, sheet metals, welded wires, or punched galvanized or stainless steel, for refrigerator freezer and retail/wholesale shelving and sub-containers. Shelving, containers, and sub-containers, permanent fixed, and fold-down and paletted containers with bar code security tagging and plaques for staging warehouse return by rolling door or regular semi trailer, rail car, or ocean. Also, deep stocking paletted shelving units and sub-units for expanded restocking. Both new standardized cubicle sizes and designed to fit existing shelving sizes and dimensions. Also, PVC and steel quick erect decorator embossed five and six piece forkliftable quick construct residential/commercial sheds and additions. Also, automobile skids forkliftable for self storage skids. Also, outdoor protected roof and indoor cross braced weight reduced heavy duty storage racks for autos, household, and retail/wholesale items. Also, animal kennel system.

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1 . Claimed is the invention of deposit/returnable, rental or saleable new and improved system components including; storage racks for kennels, storage containers, autos, and RVs, and rigid and multi-piece breakdown sheds, and fold-down returnable containers and shelving and skid units, for storage, and transportation, and security devices, for the system including various usages constructed of various materials including indoor/outdoor components for commercial retail business industrial warehouse, rail, semi trailer, and cargo containers and transportation vehicles and usages. Also the invention of the storage rack only business method with cost saving temporary land usage and low overhead cost shed offices. This system is comprised of the following;
 (a) Referring to  claim 1 , a frozen and grocery, retail, or wholesale, quick change out individual product, deposit/refundable fold down or non-fold down sub-container usage in conjunction with existing store shelving.   (b) Referring to  claim 1 , all size containers compatible for use in conjunction with all existing shelving systems.   (c) Referring to  claim 1 , sub-containers in welded wire enclosures or sheet steel enclosures, plastic or galvanized or stainless steel for use in conjunction with existing shelving sized containers.   (d) Referring to  claim 1 , particular sizes of fold-down and fixed containers and sub-containers for use in conjunction with the standardized cubicle small containers as shown in the non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 12/572,593.   (e) Referring to  claim 1 , permanent type containers for transporting palettes, fold down containers and sub-containers, and various slatted, non-slatted, or odd slatted, configurations for existing shelving compatible sub-containers.   (f) Referring to  claim 1 , fuel savings and road construction non-necessity cost savings and shipping efficiency stocking improvement and if determined to be legal, and the right collect 15% of the savings from the inventions contained herein.   (g) Referring to  claim 1 , rail shipping of new and existing products not previously shipped by rail to eliminate over crowding of roads and conserving energy.   (h) Referring to  claim 1 , creating new economical methods of increasing the usage of rail systems for transportation.   (i) Referring to  claim 1 , permanently fixed position type individual hinges and 180 degree roll type opening fasteners for use with fold-down molded plastic and wire mesh deposit containers and sub-containers, standardized cubicle and existing store shelf sized.   (j) Referring to  claim 1 , new residential/commercial blow molded quick erect plastic sheds with addition kits. Also quick erect sheet steel and blow molded, retail/wholesale security and open containers and shelving.   (k) Referring to clam  1 , Plastic Five to Nine Piece Blow Molded Quick Erect Sheds and Addition Kits Forkliftable Paletted, Decorative Residential and Commercial. Also invented are Bar Code Plaques for Sheds and Commercial Containers and Bar Code Seal Tags used for Commercial Containers, Sheds, and Sub-Containers, also the 9′ Width Sheds.   (l) Referring to  claim 1 , Metal Commercial Security and Plastic Blow Molded Paletted Enclosures, Containers, Sheds, Indoor/Outdoor Weather Proof Containers of Various Sizes, Permanently Fixed Welded, and Five though Nine Piece Tear Down and with Lock-On Tops and Palettes, and with or without Forkliftable GPS Locator Palette.   (m) Referring to  claim 1 , paletted Shelving Units and Sub-Containers Rigid and Fold-Down, 4′×4′×5′ 4″ and 8′×8′×8′.   (n) Referring to  claim 1 , quick Erect Paletted and Un-Paletted Sheds and Shed Extension Kits with Four Piece Sides and Three Sides with Two Doors or Four Piece Lift-Off and One and Two Piece Roofs.   (o) Referring to  claim 1 , Locking and Stacking Corner Removable and Permanently Fixed Peg Construction Commercial and Residential Storage Enclosures.   (p) Referring to  claim 1 , Punched Metal or Welded Wire Mesh Metal Wire or Plastic Molded Construction Grid Reinforced Double Forklift Directional Palette Skids.   (q) Referring to  claim 1 , A Welded Wire Mesh Palette.   (r) Referring to  claim 1 , Sheet Metal or Plastic Molded or Blow Molded One and Two Piece Palette Covers with Hand Holes for Lifting and Locking Hasps.   (s) Referring to  claim 1 , Metal Conserving Hot or Cold Punched Sheet Metal Steel Mill Processed for the Purpose of Metal Lightening and Conservation.   (t) Referring to  claim 1 , Stackable Storage Units or Dog Kennels and the usage with Chain Link Fence for the construction of Any Size Paletted or Wood Floor Containers or Doored Rack Storage Units or Animal Palettes.   (u) Referring to  claim 1 , Glass Doored Refrigerator and Freezer Wire, Plastic, and Sheet Metal, Shelving and Sub-Containers (All Sizes including Extra High and Extra Deep)   (v) Referring to  claim 1 , Individual removable lockable shelving covers and the invention of Sub-Containers with Double Ended Hand Carry Holes.   (w) Referring to  claim 1 , shipped goods fuel cost reduction associated with the usage of the new rolling door rail car as compared to the use of a semi tractor trailer and the right to 15% of the savings due to its creation, by fuel conservation, and carbon emissions reduction, by improved roll resistance of rail cars compared to semi tractor trailers, potentially 25% fuel cost compared to trucks 100%. Requested is the right to revenues associated with the increased rail usage that this new storage and transportation car will generate.

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